Posted on 12/14/2005 10:03:44 AM PST by elizabethr
I suspect it's survival. Islam is a religion of intimidation. Converts away from Islam are often rewarded with death threats - often made good upon. Those who are not Muslim to begin with are second class "Dhimmis" in Islamic societies. Unfortunately, most people seem more inclined to do what's easy rather than what is right and therefore take the path of least resistance.
Yeah, agreed. But there are also millions in other nations, free nations such as this one, that stay muslim. I suppose those are the "sheep" ones that just never bother to question anything. But certainly there is little fear for them here for the time being.
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It's the old 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' story (which usually has a rather unhappy ending).
If it runs, it's an Islamic Jihadist
If it stands still, it's a well disciplined Islamic Jihadist.
We'd better wake up to that fact soon or we will have sharia law in our formerly constitutional republic.
All Mosques, ALL Islamic Organizations in these United States should be rounded up and shipped back to the Middle East.
Starting TODAY.
That's true for me.
Check out The Women of the Arabs written in 1873! Looks like little has changed.
Nope, I stand by my statement. There are exceptions. Given a choice practically none of those women would be Islamic, knowing what true freedom would mean to them.
buddy , on our own strengths is what I was suggesting and that is the largest "weakness" proscribed. Also, the book says intervention.
the book also says Israel will prevail as well
an iteresting thing though, just like in back to the future.... the space / time continium can be interupted thereby effecting a change in outcome.
if you new the outcome of the future was dependant on your actions any change changes the outcome.
weenie
Let's not allow ourselves to be tempted to make the mistake of "loving our enemies" where islam is concerned. Whether it is just another religion is immaterial. When our way of life comes under attack by 3rd world savages, we will be forced to wage war. There will be no time for nice turn the other cheek nonsense.
Allah is just the Arabic word for God.
That doesn't mean the Muslims worship the one true God.
Uh...I don't think I am tempted to do that. My post dealt strictly with the difference between Christians and Muslims on the individual level.
The government doesn't bear a sword for nothing.
The "turn the other cheek" reference gets taken out of context often. The other thing is that there are two realms within which to work. For example, the Bible says that we are not to judge one another. Clearly that doesn't imply that we are not to have a civil society with rules, laws, etc. to be upheld with honest judges judging people according to those laws. In fact, the Bible establishes that this is the way societies, if properly organized, are to behave, with laws and rules.
What we are not to judge is the things that God judges in each of our hearts. We have no insight into another's heart generally speaking. Sure, a terrorist desiring to kill many other people has extreme "blackness/evil" in his heart, that much is obvious. But for the average "law abiding" person that is "good people" as people go, we just don't have that insight.
In the same way, "turn the other cheek" and "love thy neighbor" apply similarly. Otherwise this world would have been overrun by evil a long, long time ago per God's plan.
Heh...
But instead they've been "studying" the customs of Ramadan and whose royal Muzzies arses to kiss.
Priorities, priorities...
Big war that needs to be dealt with quickly.
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